Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Roger Wicker
Introduced
Summary
Expands federal compensation to poultry facilities inside APHIS control areas, including non-infected operations in buffer zones. This bill would require APHIS to pay owners of poultry growing and laying facilities located in a control area based on the owner's average income from the five most recent flocks multiplied by the number of flocks the owner was prohibited from growing or laying.
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- Poultry owners: Eligible owners would receive payments equal to their five-flock average income for each prohibited flock. Payments are reduced by any compensation already received from a State or other source and owners already paid for destroyed animals in the same period are excluded.
- Claims and timing: Owners must submit a request for compensation and would be paid within 60 days of that request.
- Program scope: APHIS control-area designations determine eligibility, so facilities in buffer zones that are not infected could still qualify for payments.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
One-time payments for poultry growers
If enacted, owners of poultry growing or laying facilities inside a Control Area set by APHIS would be able to request a one-time payment from the Secretary of Agriculture. The payment would equal the facility's average income from the last five flocks multiplied by the number of flocks the owner was barred from growing while the Control Area was in effect. The payment would be reduced by any money the owner already got from a State or other source for those same flocks. No payment would be made if the owner already received compensation under subsection (d) for destroyed animals for the same facility and time. The Secretary would have to pay within 60 days after an owner files a request. Exceptions in subsection (d)(3) would also apply.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
DE • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
SC • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]
AL • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Boozman
AR • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
TX • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
DE • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 3/13/2025
Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]
MD • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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